Chapter 604
It is unknown when Ellen will get to the truth. But she was in a situation where Ellen was going to dig into this and find out her nerdy truth.
No one can stand in Ellen’s way.
What I did provoked the Templars, and whoever was digging into the case to investigate it got a clue.
and was murdered
It will take a long time to track the case without knowing anything.
The culprits can’t be caught, but Ellen will know the strange truth.
It is unknown what judgment Ellen will make in front of that truth.
I can’t block Ellen’s front.
So, I do what I have to do.
So now.
“why… … . are you here?”
I watched the commander of the Templars tremble with fear.
“Well, I didn’t even think I’d be sitting here until a few days ago.”
The first person I contacted was the Pope of the Church of Als.
And at the convened meeting, I confirmed the support of the other four Popes.
and last.
Commander of the Templars, Ileion Boelton.
“We’re all close enough to talk openly. Even though the gate crisis was caused by my men, I never wanted it. You know about that, right?”
“The five great and sublime popes have decided to understand my intentions. So from now on, I decided to support me both physically and mentally. Of course, I can’t do that outright… … . That’s how you negotiate behind the scenes. Until the right time comes.”
“I wish I had trusted me earlier, but it’s sad that I can only earn trust after things have turned out this way. what can i do That was then, and this is now.”
“Now, we have decided to form a solid, sticky, and close relationship.”
“From now on, there will be no divisions, no infighting, no nuns. You’re tired, like that.”
“Now just trust me, your prophet, and empty your brain.”
“All you have left is you. Commander of the Knights Templar.”
It was worth seeing the expression on Ileion Boelton’s face as he heard the story of the church’s leaders turning to the demon king’s side without even realizing it.
It was the expression of losing everything in one day.
“know? If you refuse, the Five Major Churches and the Knights Templar will split, and even within the Knights Templar, those who support the Pope and those who support the Knight Commander will be torn apart.”
“Would you like to gamble on the fate of humanity and the Church?”
“Or, would you just come under me here and pretend nothing happened?”
“You like that.”
“Maintain the status quo.”
I never imagined that I would do something like this.
It’s not that Ileion Bolton doesn’t have the right to veto.
However, if he refuses, he will not die alone.
Civil war will break out, and civil war is synonymous with the destruction of mankind.
If you talk about the demon king appearing in the ecliptic, confusion will arise throughout the ecliptic beyond the church.
If you come under me, you betray humanity.
However, if you don’t come under me, humanity might disappear.
He has to think about things he never thought about until he entered the conference room.
In a short period of time he will put many things on the scale and put them down again and again.
Ileion Bolton is a person who doesn’t like change very much.
But that’s not strictly the point.
To not like change is to be afraid of and reluctant to be confused at the base. So keep the status quo.
want it
But if you realize that everything has to change.
If you realize that it is impossible not to change.
“… … I don’t have a choice.”
Such people change more easily than anyone else in the world.
Ileion Bolton stares at me as I cast a hateful gaze at the five Popes who have given everything up to their will.
“What do you want? Demon King.”
“Did you tell me? The status quo you like.”
However, at my sudden remark, the expressions on the faces of the five popes as well as Ileion Bolton became puzzled.
“… … what?”
“Just do it like this.”
The reason I came here is to stop the discord between the Knights Templar and the Five Great Priests.
It just devours them.
The Popes were preparing to attack me, and the Templar Commander was uncomfortable with such a move.
Then you have to raise one of your hands.
The Empire cannot raise the hand of the Commander of the Knights Templar. Because that could cause a backlash from the popes.
But I can raise the Pope’s hand. Because the Popes can suppress the Templar’s resistance.
“Well, since I want to come and destroy mankind, did you think I would tell you to kill them all? It can’t be.”
“… … .”
“Do it like this. There is no need to antagonize the Empire. In other words, I’m going to become a liver or gallbladder for you guys who are trying to attach themselves to the liver and then to the gallbladder.”
Swallowing them is nothing but words after all.
Popes had the heart to apostatize, but there is really only one reason for apostasy.
Because you know that I have no intention of antagonizing humanity. Because I know I can’t make huge demands on them.
In the end, they just use me.
“So let’s stop talking about this and talk about the most important thing.”
You can get the cooperation of the Knights Templar and the Five Major Churches. And if you want to rule, you can rule. But that is impossible right now.
And these serpentine papal old men will at any moment see me as useless, and when the empire is stronger, they will treat me again as a traitor of the century.
It’s not really disgusting and sad.
It’s because it changes like flipping the palm of your hand depending on the map of power.
If you are weak, you will be ignored, if you are strong, you will be ignored.
Right now, they don’t really know what the Empire is doing.
That’s why you want to take my side. It’s because the Demon King himself and his powers are judging that humanity can be erased at any time.
And that’s true too.
Ileion Bolton decided that the situation could not be reversed, and he had to think about it for a long time, but he was only given a situation where he had to think about it for a short time.
That’s why I decided that no matter what I was feeling, I had to cooperate with me.
more important issues.
“Rowen, did you kill him?”
The real culprit who killed Rowen.
i want to know that
As Bertus said, has she been purged?
“no.”
Ileion Bolton shakes his head.
“I didn’t kill him.”
The Empire did not kill Rowen.
Bertus suggested the possibility of a purge.
But the popes said they didn’t do it.
“It’s strange, even the popes here said they didn’t do it, unless you’re guilty too. Who the hell killed Rowen?”
The commander of the Knights Templar also said that he did not do it.
“I was going to kill you. That is true.”
At those words, the pope’s expression couldn’t help but change.
“However, even if the other interrogators didn’t know, I couldn’t kill Rowen.”
“Hmm… … . That means… … .”
There are many possibilities, but if they are not lying, one of them is the most likely one.
“Couldn’t he be dead?”
Exactly, self-made.
“okay. The body was a fake with a face covering on it.”
Rowen is not dead.
* * *
A fire broke out on the spot.
that was weird
Keep going, that bothered me.
It stands out too much.
If it was a purge, it should have been done secretly and all evidence destroyed.
But if Ileion Bolton or the popes had tried to purge Rowen, the fire shouldn’t have started.
Fire itself draws too much attention.
So if this is a purge, the fire shouldn’t have happened.
However, a fire broke out, and an unspecified number of people saw the temple on fire. That’s why looters flocked.
And Ludwig saw it, and it reached Ellen, and now Ellen is pursuing the truth.
“okay… … . It’s as if the fire itself happened in the hopes that someone would discover that they were capturing and killing civilians in the basement of the temple and torturing them.”
A fire breaks out, and civilians enter to loot the temple. The terrible sight of the underground did not go unnoticed by civilians, partly because there were no marauders mad enough to enter the basement of the burning building, and partly because Ileion Bolton acted quickly.
But in the end, Ellen couldn’t be stopped, so even though Ellen saw the basement.
It’s an incident that happened to attract attention in the first place.
It is not entirely possible that the Templars and the Popes are lying in front of me.
But in the end, it’s very strange that it was forced to draw attention.
And in the first place, Rowen’s body was fake.
Heretic Inquisitor Rowen is alive.
“Why did you keep that fact a secret?”
The Pope of the Tuan Church glared at the commander of the Knights Templar and asked.
“Haven’t the Popes even tipped me that they would negotiate like this if the opportunity presented itself?”
The complexion of not only the Pope of the Tuan Church but also the other Popes turned red at the voice asking if he had anything to say on the subject of betraying mankind and attaching himself to the Devil.
“leader… … . You may not know that this is also a decision for humanity… … .”
“shut up.”
It was me, not Ileion Bolton, who said that.
Disgusting babies.
These guys came under me, but it doesn’t look good.
I have no intention of doing anything like traffic control.
He said he wanted to quickly solve this and go back and eat the beef jerky Ellen gave him.
“Anyway, it’s true that you tried to kill Rowen, right? But I don’t know the details, but did you fail to kill Rowen?”
“okay.”
In response, the Pope of the Church of Tuan stared blankly at Ileion Bolton.
“Captain, why did you want to kill Archbishop Rowen in the first place?”
Even if Rowen did not die in the end, it is true that Ileion Boelton tried and failed to kill Rowen.
“I ordered an end to all investigations, but they didn’t listen.”
“… … .”
At that, the popes all had no choice but to be silent.
Of course I know what Ileion Bolton is talking about.
If you touch the empire carelessly, uncontrollable things will happen.
After returning to the ecliptic, Ileion Bolton must have heard about the progress of the investigation from Rowen, who was in charge of the case.
The Empire is suspicious.
Ileion Bolton’s order must have been simple. don’t dig anymore
“It’s not such a good decision to dig up an empire at this time… … . I am sure you will think so.”
The five Popes looked uncomfortable, but they did not directly contradict Ileion Bolton’s words.
The Popes think of joining me, but that doesn’t mean they want to fight the Empire.
An incident that took place in the basement of the Great Temple of the Knights Templar.
Rowen, who was tracking it down, determined that the Empire could be the culprit behind the incident. So he approached Ludwig.
However, Ileion Bolton knew that, and decided that if he tried to touch the Empire, the entire Church could be destroyed, so he tried to stop Rowen.
However, Rowen disobeyed the order of the Commander of the Knights Templar.
Ileion Boelton devised a plan to purify the minions who tried to tamper with the powder magazine, and he carried it out.
“He was loyal like a dog, and when there was a case with obvious infidelity, he not only prevented the investigation, but even tried to purge it… … .”
He must have seen with his own eyes the sight of his subordinates being killed by the Templars, not by any other faction.
“It’s a strange situation if you can’t turn your eyes.”
I could clearly see Ileion Bolton biting his teeth at my words.
It is certain that most of the other heretic inquisitors are dead, and most of the paladins Ileion Bolton dispatched to purge are also apparently dead to Rowen.
It would be natural to feel betrayed by the five main religions.
Rowen disguised himself as one of the corpses, set fire to the temple, and fled. After faking his death and running away, he bought himself some time.
I don’t know what the heck I’m going to do with the time I’ve earned.
In the end, it is true that Ileion Bolton’s actions are at the heart of this case.
But what if I had been Ileion Bolton.
The Empire had absolutely nothing to do with the theft of the remains of the Templars underground, but they were mobilizing the bodies of the fallen.
Just digging into the case causes friction with the Empire.
Just digging up an empire is already dangerous. And Rowen would have maintained that he could not help investigating the case.
In the end, Ileion Bolton was only half successful in purging. He killed all of Rowen’s men, but failed to kill the core Rowen.
It means that it was half failed, and Rowen disappeared leaving behind a fake corpse.
“No matter what happens in the future, the fact that it is my mistake remains unchanged. Because I wasn’t perfect.”
The commander of the Knights Templar chose the best option in his own way, but in the end he was unable to kill Rowen.
No one knows what kind of repercussions it will have.
“I don’t know what Rowen is going to do, but we… … . As it happens, I need you the most.”
What are you talking about?
do you need me
It wasn’t Ileion Bolton who answered.
“I don’t know what the Demon King will think… … . Rowen was a radical.”
These were the unexpected words of the Pope of the Tuan Church.
“Radicals?”
“Inside the Church, especially within the Tuan Church and the Ars Church… … . There are many such priests.”
“What kind of priest is that?”
“Those who believe in the devil as a prophet.”
“… … ?”
What do you mean?
“There are quite a few people who consider the demon king to be a true prophet.”
What do you mean?
“It’s not just the two denominations.”
Those were the words of the Pope of the Church of Liter.
“That day, the paladins and priests who saw you at the temple… … . You know it was never a small number.”
Even Ileion Bolton’s words.
“They were the high-ranking paladins and priests of the Order. It included Rowen.”
That I didn’t want a gate debacle.
Since it was already too late, the priests who saw him explain how to deal with the gate situation.
The ones who were able to be there were only high-ranking priests and paladins who had proven their divine power as well as their skills in the first place.
Those who could be called the future of the church saw me back then.
That means they know that I really didn’t want a gate scandal.
“Do you understand by now that I didn’t make this choice simply to save space?”
Even if the low-ranking priests and paladins don’t know, those who belong to the highest ranks of the church have no choice but to know the truth about the gate situation to some extent.
That’s why I have no choice but to recognize myself differently from what the world perceives.
“Archbishop Rowen, among others, was the kind who supported you quite actively.”
The high-ranking members of the Five Great Main Church were being filled with my followers.
Mentally, it was an environment where more and more people were supporting me rather than the empire.
It is not only the Popes who decide to side with me.
inevitable choice. That is, public opinion.
